Tahquitz aka Lily Rock, near Idyllwild, 4/13/08

Ken, Dave and I climbed Coffin Nail and Trader Horn. After Trader Horn we took a new exit and a human sized block came down. Luckily, it was pulled down now rather than in the summer when Tahquitz sees much more climbing traffic. Our friend Skater Dave was on the 2nd pitch of Fingertrip at the time and he said it flew right over him, fortunately no one was hurt.

Coffin Nail was a sustained, challenging 5.8 crack, and Trader Horn had a really cool horn to sit/stand on. To protect Trader Horn Ken has a clever technique of throwing a hex into the exit crack about 5 feet away while standing on the horn. This provides a bit more protection for the balancey traverse over to the exit crack. I got some great photos of Ken and Dave on the horn that I will try to post soon.
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Trip Stats
Duration: 9 hours, 22 minutes, 27 seconds
Length: 2.4 miles
Max elevation: 7875
Vertical up: 2270.5 ft
Vertical down: 2283.6 ft
Average speed: 0.3 mph